I got raves on the crust by everyone who tried it, raves on the apples by the fruit lover, and someone who normally hates cheesecake inhaled the small piece I cut her plus the last quarter of mine when I couldn't finish it. (I cut some pretty large pieces to try and get a decent photo - 5 of us managed to polish off half of it by the end of the night. And the cheesecake hater took home a large hunk for the next day.)

The cheesecake came out a beautiful caramel color interspersed with flecks from the cinnamon. (Please see the other TWD versions for better pictures - my camera either made it too yellow or washed everything out.) I used graham cracker crumbs with the added cinnamon and Fuji apples.

I had a few problems (entirely my fault), but this cheesecake was so fabulous that it transcended even my issues. I only had a 9inch springform pan and my apples were humongous. The combination left me with about a 3/4 cup of filling left over. If I had to do it over, I'd cut the apples smaller and figure out how to wrap the pan with aluminum foil so it didn't get water logged.

This is definitely a keeper, and I'd love to try it again using my homemade apple butter to see how that turns out.

Your cheesecake came out great! I had some of the same issues you did though. I ended up making a judgement call in the beginning and slicing the apples thinner and not using quite as many. I also used a 9 in. pan so I think 3 apples would've been too many for me. I'm sure your cake tasted just as good as mine did so the issues worked out just fine!

i did not have extra batter, even though i used the 9" pan... i did slice my apples thinner (i have a gadget that cores and slices them - into 12 pieces, not 8). did you wrap the pan in at least one layer of foil? i believe that the recipe says to do that to prevent it from getting water logged from the water bath.

regardless, it looks great and i'm glad to hear that even your non cheesecake loving friend loved it! :)